Oakland: Infant girl overdoses on fentanyl but survives, mother charged with child abuse
A 27-year-old woman was charged with child abuse for allegedly allowing her infant daughter to overdose on fentanyl.
OAKLAND — A city resident has been arrested and charged with felony child abuse after her infant daughter went unconscious from a suspected fentanyl overdose, but survived after emergency responders administered an antidote, court records show.
The woman, a 27-year-old Oakland resident, was charged with child an abuse and an enhancement alleging the victim was vulnerable. She pleaded not guilty at a May 12 court appearance, and was released from jail 11 days later after a bond hearing, court records show.
The woman was arrested May 10 after calling 9-1-1 to report her infant daughter was breathing but unconscious and unresponsive, according to court records. When police arrived, she told them she had an empty container that had previously held fentanyl, which she believed her daughter had touched while she was asleep.
Though the container was empty, authorities say it contained enough of the deadly drug for the young girl to ingest. The girl was given Narcan and transferred to a local hospital.
According to police, the woman has numerous drug-related arrests in San Mateo, Alameda, and Sonoma Counties, and at the time of the incident had two bench warrants out of Colma and South San Francisco, related to drug possession crimes. She also has a pending misdemeanor drug possession case in Alameda County, according to court records.
Child Protective Services was notified of the incident, police say.